Collar for overcoats and topcoats



Nov. 15, 1938.

S. A. BEEBE COLLAR FOR OQ'ERCOATS AND TOPCOATS Filed Sept. 24, 1957 FIG-5 INVENTOR. SAMUEL A. 5555p ATTORNEY Patented Nov.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in collars for overcoats and topcoats;

and it has for its object to provide the construction and design of a collar, adaptable principally for those coats, which are made of soft materials that can not hold a crease around the neck at the proper place, and which generally lose neck size by stretching. 1

An advantage of the collar, thusdesigned and constructed by me, is to the efiect that said collar "will keep a permanent creasearoundthe neck without submitting it even to atight pressing.

Furthermore, said collar has a true neck size for each individual size of garment, and'the collar is made so that it cannot gain or lose in size.

In this connection, it may be noted that, on, other garments the collar usually has to be stretched on the outside and shrunk around the edge of the neck at pressing, whereas this-collar, as constructed and designed by me, tight pressing.

With the above and other objects'inview,this

, invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming partfof this application, and in'which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:--

Figure 1 is a top plan view out in four pieces.

Figure 2 is a similar view, showing the saidfour with the seams pressed pieces sewed together,

open.

Figure 3 is a top plan view,

shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan under-collar, already canvassed; while Figure 5 is a top elevational, somewhat perspective view, showing myimproved collar. completedembodying top and undercollar.

In referring more particularly tothe drawing,

the successive steps in making my improved collar are, as follows- V j The undercollar, which is of the samermaterial, or cloth, as the undercollar garment, must be cut in four pieces, as indicated by the numerals), l l, [2 and E3 in Figure 1; these four'pieces are next sewed together with the seams pressed open,

as illustrated in Figure 2, which shows the undercollar seamed before the two piece canvas is stitched on each side of the dotted line I4 in Figdoes not need of an undercollar,

view of an open-crease dotted line, as shown at [4 in Figure 2. This lower part of the collar canvas is cut lengthwise. .The upper part of the collar canvas, which is cut on the bias, and shown at [6 in Figure 3, is thereupon, stitcheddown alongside the dotted line M in Figure 2, and the canvas is stitched on the three seams I] through the, cloth, as shown in Figure 4; this forms an open-crease undercollar,

already canvassed, asthus shown in saidFigure {1.

As the next step, pad undercollar top and bottom and mark around with shaper to neck sizej then trim around edges at marks, and sew the top collar, which is correctly out to size, around edges of undercollar, and turn over, which thus completes top and undercollar, as shown in Figure 5.

As hereinbefore stated, the lower part of the canvas I5 is cut lengthwise in order to keep the neck portion from stretching, while the upper part It is cut on the bias in order to give according to the necessary size; these features are very important in the construction of this kind of collar.

The completedcollar carries a permanent crease and cannot be creased in any other place.

Inasmuch as the size is out true at the crease, and the place of the crease cannot be changed, the sizewill always remain true, and the collar will always hug and fit the neck properly, as long as the garment lasts. 1

It is obvious that slightchanges may be made in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do not,- therefor e, wish to limit myself to I thevery exact construction shown and described showing two pieces V r of collar canvas to be secured to the four pieces,

. and secured to the undercollar along said prefixed line, said canvas being stitched on the seams through thecloth, whereby to form an opencrease canvassed undercollar, a padding arranged on said undercollar at thetop and bottom thereof, and a top collar secured to the undercollar, by sewing the outside edges of the top collar and the undercollar together.

2. A collar comprising, as a basis, a member out in a plurality of pieces, said pieces being sewed together, a piece of collar canvas cut lengthwise and disposed on top of said member at the lower part of the latter, a second piece of collar canvas, cut on the bias and stitched to said member above the first said piece of canvas, said second piece of canvas being stitched through the cloth forming an open crease: between the lower portion of the canvas cut straight and the upper portion of canvas cut on the bias, and a top collar correctly cut to size and secured to the edges of the undercollar.

, SAMUEL A. BEEBE. 5 

